Category Archives: Futurism

Update for 8/19/2018

This update it’s books, books, and more books, even more than usual. Website 😐 First a little housekeeping note. People outside the US (and maybe some inside?) have been having trouble accessing the website, apparently because of some DNS problem … Continue reading

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Update for 7/15/2018

Productivity πŸ™‚ I’ve been taking a break from my conceptual modeling project to read a book by Jon Acuff called Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done. It took me a week longer than I expected, but I finished the … Continue reading

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Update for 6/17/2018

Conceptual modeling 😐 Well, I meant to post some minor updates last week, but they turned out to be trickier than I expected, and then my week was taken up by finances and catch-up naps. So maybe this week. But … Continue reading

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Update for 4/15/2018

Another overly long update for you. Church 😎 Sunday I went back to the Lutheran church. Last time I got there late, didn’t get an order of service, and spent the whole time lost and confused. But otherwise the atmosphere … Continue reading

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Update for 3/18/2018

Board games 😎 Sunday to reward myself for surviving 40 years, I bought a couple of board games I’d had my eye on, a cooperative one called Magic Maze and a solitaire card game called Finished! My coworker wanted to … Continue reading

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Update for 2/18/2018

Thinking πŸ™‚ My analysis essay is trundling along. I’m hoping to post the rest of it in the next couple of weeks. Life management 😀 I’m going to do my taxes this week. Don’t let me put it off! Beliefs … Continue reading

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Update for 1/14/2018

Productivity πŸ™„ My laziness at home is being stubborn, so I’m going to start using my productivity tricks, like microtasks (just do one small thing to get started) and implementation intentions (like “When I get home, I will immediately start … Continue reading

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Update for 12/31/2017

Christmas Highlights from my Christmas vacation, part 2. I was with my family at our annual gathering at our parents’ house. Sunday πŸ€” Sunday morning we visited an Episcopal church we’d visited the previous year. It was just the liturgical … Continue reading

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Update for 12/17/2017

Project generator 😎 After months of research and distractions, I’ve finally achieved a first release of this software. I present to you generator-python-cmd v0.1.0! I’ve even posted it on npm for other Node.js users to find. It’s an alpha release, … Continue reading

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Update for 11/19/2017

Last week was calmer. It was also largely taken up by trying to write the previous blog post. So this entry is a little shorter. Productivity πŸ™‚ The week before last amounted to a revolution in my productivity, if it … Continue reading

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